International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN, New York)

Ms. Asha Rose Migrio, Deputy Secretary-General, the Ambassadors of the Philippines, Sweden and Tanzania to

the United Nations, and other representatives of Government and civil society will participate in the opening. The

opening will a musical performance by students from the New York Institute for Special Education.

10.30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion:

Towards inclusive development: improving

data and statistics on disability

This panel discussion will focus on concretizing the recommendations for improving the availability and quality of

data on disability. Panellists will explore the technicalities of measuring disability and provide an in-depth review of

existing internationally agreed standards for measuring disability, identifying the advantages and limitations of

various methods of data collection, including censuses. The speakers will share their national-level experience

and examine ways to improve both the quality and quantity of national disability statistics to create a strong

knowledge basis for informed policy-making and to contribute to the ultimate goal of disability inclusive

development.

Panelists:

12:00 noon to 1:15 p.m.: Panel Discussion:

Mainstreaming disability in the global

development agenda: experience in other development issues

This panel will focus on the experience in mainstreaming of other issues in the development agenda and look at

conceptual frameworks, methodologies, approaches and data sources utilized by the United Nations system in the

preparation of global development reports. The panel will also explore how disability can be integrated into the

United Nations’ existing global reports on development and consider options for a world report on disability and

development.

Panelists:

1:15 to 4.00 p.m.

United Nations Enable Film Festival

Lives Worth Living

Anything you can do

Difference is Normal

Young Voices: Identity

(India); Participation (Uganda); Determination

Between Hearing and Not Hearing

Accessibility

/The Job

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(Russia) 26:00

(Sweden) 03:30

(China) 05:45

(Guyana) 12:30

(Brazil) 2:51

(Australia) 08:00

(US) 54:00

UNDESA, UNDP, UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO and others.

Washington Group on Statistics, World Bank, Global Partnership for Disability and

Development, and other representatives of Government, UN system and civil society.

10.00 to 10.30 a.m. : Opening ceremony